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Knots Landing

  • TV Series
  • 1979–19931979–1993
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
2.9K
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POPULARITY
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Donna Mills, Joan Van Ark, Michele Lee, Constance McCashin, John Pleshette, and Ted Shackelford in Knots Landing (1979)
Knots Landing: The Complete Second Season (Alone)
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The residents of Knots Landing, a coastal suburb of Los Angeles, deal with various issues such as infidelity, health scares, rape, murder, kidnapping, assassinations, drug smuggling, corpora... Read allThe residents of Knots Landing, a coastal suburb of Los Angeles, deal with various issues such as infidelity, health scares, rape, murder, kidnapping, assassinations, drug smuggling, corporate intrigue and criminal investigations.The residents of Knots Landing, a coastal suburb of Los Angeles, deal with various issues such as infidelity, health scares, rape, murder, kidnapping, assassinations, drug smuggling, corporate intrigue and criminal investigations.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
2.9K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,925
50
    • David Jacobs
  • Stars
    • Michele Lee
    • Ted Shackelford
    • Joan Van Ark
    • David Jacobs
  • Stars
    • Michele Lee
    • Ted Shackelford
    • Joan Van Ark
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 41User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy

    Episodes344

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    Knots Landing: The Complete Second Season (Alone)
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    Knots Landing: Season 2
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    Knots Landing
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    Knots Landing: The Complete Second Season (Books)
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    Kevin Dobson and Michele Lee in Knots Landing (1979)
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    Donna Mills and Ted Shackelford in Knots Landing (1979)
    Donna Mills in Knots Landing (1979)
    Larry Hagman, Donna Mills, Joan Van Ark, Tonya Crowe, Bobby Jacoby, Michele Lee, Don Murray, and Ted Shackelford in Knots Landing (1979)
    Larry Hagman and Donna Mills in Knots Landing (1979)
    Alec Baldwin and Lisa Hartman in Knots Landing (1979)
    Donna Mills, Joan Van Ark, and Ted Shackelford in Knots Landing (1979)
    Joan Van Ark in Knots Landing (1979)
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    Michele Lee
    Michele Lee
    • Karen MacKenzie…
    Ted Shackelford
    Ted Shackelford
    • Gary Ewing
    Joan Van Ark
    Joan Van Ark
    • Valene Ewing…
    Kevin Dobson
    Kevin Dobson
    • M. 'Mack' Patrick MacKenzie…
    William Devane
    William Devane
    • Gregory Sumner…
    Donna Mills
    Donna Mills
    • Abby Ewing…
    Pat Petersen
    • Michael Fairgate
    Constance McCashin
    Constance McCashin
    • Laura Avery…
    Nicollette Sheridan
    Nicollette Sheridan
    • Paige Matheson…
    Julie Harris
    Julie Harris
    • Lilimae Clements
    Tonya Crowe
    Tonya Crowe
    • Olivia Cunningham…
    Doug Sheehan
    Doug Sheehan
    • Ben Gibson
    Steve Shaw
    • Eric Fairgate
    Teri Austin
    Teri Austin
    • Jill Bennett
    Larry Riley
    Larry Riley
    • Frank Williams
    Lisa Hartman
    Lisa Hartman
    • Cathy Geary…
    Victoria Ann Lewis
    • Peggy
    Michelle Phillips
    Michelle Phillips
    • Anne Matheson…
      • David Jacobs
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    • Trivia
      Michele Lee divorced her real-life husband James Farentino during the show's early days. In the scene where her character Karen Fairgate took off her wedding ring at her husband Sid's grave, she was actually taking off her real wedding ring from her marriage to Farentino for the last time, in order to make the scene appear more real.
    • Quotes

      M. "Mack" Patrick MacKenzie: Your dad hit you.

      Jason Lochner: You wouldn't understand.

      M. "Mack" Patrick MacKenzie: When I was six years old, I was running through the house and I knocked over a lamp and it broke. And my dad beat the hell out of me. He just didn't spank me, he hit me with his fist... Gave me two black eyes, Jason. I was six years old! And I told my friends that I fell off my bike. When I was ten, I came home and he started kicking me in the stomach and I didn't know why. I never found out. But I told myself that, well, he's just blowing off steam. Jason, when I was thirteen, my dad hit me so hard, he knocked out a molar. At first, I blamed myself. It had to me. This was my dad and your dad just doesn't beat you without good reason. If I was a better kid, maybe he wouldn't get so mad. When I got older and realised that it wasn't normal to be beaten up by your old man, I felt ashamed... because I didn't want anyone to know what my dad was like and I sure as hell didn't want pity. I made up lies to strangers, friends and excuse to myself. I was hoping and praying that it would stop. That just once he'd say that he loved me and he was proud of me... And now, y'know, uh, it's hard for me to say out loud that that he abused me and that it was wrong! And he was wrong! And not to say it at all makes it even worse. Jason, you don't have to live the rest of your life denying it the way I have. All you got to do is tell me that you don't want to go in there. Tell me to take you someplace else, kid. Just tell me to take you someplace else.

      Jason Lochner: [Jason looks at Mack for a moment] Take me someplace else.

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    User reviews41

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    Even Better Than the Show That Spawned It
    When this show first premiered, many didn't give it a chance due to the fact that it was a spin off from the hugely popular Dallas. A lot of people didn't think that a show featuring the least known of the Ewing brothers, Gary, and his wife Val would last. However, it did last and boy did it ever. For fourteen years we saw the saga of the cul de sac and their various residents and the main reason that this show became great is the fact their was such great chemistry among the leads and that led to some great performances, especially from the woman who eventually became the lead, Michele Lee. Also, many of the stories, unlike most nighttime soaps, were based in reality. Subjects such as drug and alcohol addiction, colon cancer and rape were all covered in this show. But, perhaps the most dramatic change occurred several seasons after the show debuted when the Williamses, an African-American couple and their daughter, were introduced in 1987. This was at a time when many blacks were becoming upwardly mobile and this was just a reflection of that trend. This show definitely will always be fondly remembered by everyone.
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    • Sargebri
    • Oct 14, 2003

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    • Did Knots Landing last longer than Dallas?

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    • Release date
      • December 27, 1979 (United States)
      • United States
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      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Crystalaire Place, Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • CBS
      • Lorimar Productions
      • Lorimar Telepictures
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